User:Mayacks

Shane is a Scientist who was inspired to work on ways to remove barriers that exist in commercialization of scientific innovations, particularly those that could positively impact health, while working as Scientific Consultant/Project Manager at Cold Spring Harbor Labs. At CSHL, she worked directly with Dr. Jim Watson (discoverer of DNA and pioneer of the filed of Molecular Biology) on initiatives aimed at finding more treatments and cures for incurable cancer. Much of this work focused barriers that exist in bringing scientific innovations that could positively impact cancer treatment to the patient and how to overcome them, on identifying areas of cancer biology that are understudied/have poor treatment options, and coordination and preparation of think-tank style meetings at the Banbury Center of CSHL to address the issues. During her academic training, her research included understanding signaling molecules in immune cells that control immune cell fates—one important in inflammatory immune responses (Th1 response) and one important in regulating T activation and preventing autoimmunity as well as studies on hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function. She received her Ph. D. from UMASS Medical Center. She is also a Founding Member & Scientific Advisor at Gene-Home Inc.